Regretting the Wife He Threw Away novel Chapter 3

Briony drew a deep breath, doing her best to keep her composure.

She turned to Rosita. “Ms. Lockwood, are you really Irwin’s biological mother?”-

Rosita met Briony’s gaze, her smile gentle and warm. “Five years ago, because of work and a company contract, I had no choice but to keep my relationship with Irwin a secret.”

Briony’s breath caught. “Irwin’s father…”

“Irwin is Stewart’s and my child,” Rosita replied softly.

Her words, gentle as they sounded, plunged into Briony’s heart like a dagger.

Briony froze, a suffocating pain tightening her chest and draining all color from her face.

So, all this time—the child she had raised and loved as her own for five years—was actually Stewart and Rosita’s son.

Which meant Stewart had been deceiving her from the very beginning.

He hadn’t cheated after their wedding; rather, he’d been playing her for a fool right from the start.

“Ms. Kensington, I’m truly sorry for keeping this from you for so long. I actually advised Stewart to be honest with you from the beginning, but he thought it would be best if as few people as possible knew the truth.”

Rosita’s every word echoed in Briony’s mind like a relentless curse.

To Stewart, she was just an outsider.

She’d thought that after five years of living together, raising a child side by side—even if there was no romantic love between them—they at least trusted each other like family.

She had no idea that, all along, the man she shared her life with had only ever kept her at arm’s length.

She couldn’t make sense of it. Why would Stewart lie to her? If he’d only told her the truth from the start, she never would have let herself fall so far…

“Ms. Kensington, these past five years have been hard on you. Stewart and I are both grateful for everything you’ve done for Irwin.”

Looking at Briony, Rosita added, “You’ve raised Irwin so well. As his biological mother, I truly thank you.”

Briony stared back at her, lips pressed tightly together and face eerily calm, though her arm around Irwin trembled ever so slightly.

“That’s not true! You’re lying! I only have one mother—and I want my real mom!” Irwin shouted at Rosita, his small face twisted in anger. “You’re a bad woman! You have no right to call yourself my mom! I don’t want you!”